Sculpture

Sculpture

The practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief - such as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal - in order to create a work of art.

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pin holes

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Small holes formed on a glazed piece in firing caused by incompatibility of the clay and glaze or by the firing temperature being too low. May also occur when mixing chemically activated, ...

pig

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Solid volume of raw material in bulk, facilitating storage by foundries. For example, pigs of bronze.

piece mold

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Mold made of multiple sections for ease of construction. Generally used when severe undercuts are present.

peeling

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Occurs when the glaze does not adhere to the clay after firing. Caused by the mismatch of the clay body and glaze formula.

pink alabaster

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Common to the western United States, a light pink medium hard grade stone with minor to medium veining. Sometimes with a crystalline structure and often with iron deposits or fragmentation from dirt.

Head of a faun is a lost sculpture by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo, dating from c. 1489. His first known work of sculpture in marble, it was sculpted when he was 15 or 16 as a copy of an ...

Madonna of the Stairs

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

The Madonna of the Stairs (or Madonna of the Steps) is a relief sculpture by Michelangelo in the Casa Buonarroti, Florence. It was sculpted around 1491, when Michelangelo was about seventeen. This ...